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Blues fans!! I have have 4 pictures of blues greats for sale. These professionally framed pictures are from the original artist and/or photographer.

Shown below are two signed prints of Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker from famed photographer Paul Natkin. Paul Natkin has photographed virtually every blues musician in the world. His reputation with these legends have even allowed him to photograph them lounging by a poolside in tuxedos and for album covers.

The other two pics of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton are from world famous artist Bradford Salamon or better known just as Bradford. I am sure you have seen his work on posters around the world. But I assure these are not posters, they are in fact limited edition lithographs personally signed and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

I personally obtained all framed pieces from the artist themselves and guarantee all signatures are theirs.
All framed art listed here will sell for $250 each if you would like to make a bulk offer please email me at “Steve at Waterpup dot com” use the @ sign for “at” and a period for the “dot” or leave a comment below for me to contact you.

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Photographer Paul Natkin, professionally framed at Salamon Art in Fountain Valley, CA.

John Lee Hooker $250  Size H24″ x W23′ Muddy Waters  $250    Size H22″ x W29″

Bradford Charcoal Lithographs with Certificates of Authenticity. Each piece is numbered 25/195 and as the certificate indicate is one of the 25 copies held back for the artist himself.

Steve Ray Vaughan - $250     Size H33.5″ X W30″

Eric Clapton - $250 Size H33.5″ X W30″

This is a clip of Mick Taylor formerly of the Rolling Stones playing a live acoustic show in Laguna Beach, CA on Sept. 21, 1993 at the Discovery Gallery of Music. He performed on a borrowed guitar and amplifier in a front of an audience of maybe 40 people.

The full video which runs 40 minutes long was shot by my friend Sheldon and has never been shown to anyone outside of his house. I have the only copy available recorded straight to DVD from his old VHS tape that has sat on his shelve for past 15 years.

I gotta say it’s not Mick Taylor’s best work as a solo artist. However for Mick Taylor and Rolling Stones fans this is still a real treat to see him play at a small gallery in such an intimate setting.

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Just sharing a couple of shots I took of the Rolling Stones from Houston, Texas at the Astrodome in 1981. I have a couple more I’ll dig up and add later. Although I was really close it was hard to get a good picture because it was so hot and humid in there my lens kept fogging up. Being one off the boards from the stage it was so packed I could barely move to wipe the lens so not many good pics came out.

L-R Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Mick Jagger (Ronnie Wood in the background)

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So there I am cruising the net and I come across this video of Beyonce performing Proud Mary by Ike and Tina Turner. I love Ike and Tina’s music and as for Beyonce well, she’s just plain smoking hot so I decide to watch it for that reason alone. Yes she’s got a great voice too.But as I watched this video I started to get a good laugh. It’s for some kind of political mumbo jumbo being held at the Kennedy Center. Go ahead and laugh, I don’t know what it was for or who most of the liars (politicians) names are that were in attendance. There’s Baby Bush sitting with Tina Turner as Beyonce kow tows to her and at some point you see Kid Rock I’m sure begrudgingly sober (well maybe). Then I get to point that made me want to post this video at 2:42 in the video. The suit rocking out, don’t know his name but it’s hilarious. If you’ve ever seen the Jerk with Steve Martin in it think about the beginning of the movie. The part where he’s trying to clap along with his black family but has no rhythm, well that’s this guy. He’s just so stiff and out of place.

But take note I said I loved Ike and Tina Turner’s music. I started to look at this shortened “performance” and that’s all it really was a performance of Proud Mary and realize it’s not “rough” as the Diva said it would be. How can you do an old Ike and Tina song any justice without honestly getting raunchy with it. I mean you have to get down and lick the sweat dripping down Tina’s thighs to even come close to what she naturally was. And should a Ike and Tina tune even be played at this stuffy event? HELL NO!! Not this song at least. What was the event being held for? Someone please enlighten me.

Tina Turner is the female James Brown and even James Brown was 50% show and 50% soul. Tina, back it the day had soul dripping from every pore in her body and the Ikettes were not the fucking Supremes. Watch the performance below, this was considered a reserved Ike and Tina show. Still you can hear the soul dripping from Tina Turner’s voice.

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As a thank you to their fans, Nine Inch Nails is giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

The music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

for those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. details coming soon.

Get you free download of The Slip from NIN by clicking here

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The article below was posted by TommyGunn over on Shidoobee. I swiped it from him and he swiped it from 411mania.com. Thievery is awesome isn’t it, but credit was and is given.

Personally I’d say take Ozzy off the list and put Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in any other spot. Freddy Mercury at #1 I don’t get either, Mick Jagger is a far better front man than he is.

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Posted by Blake Lauderback

7b. Roger Daltrey (The Who) - Roger sports an incredible range was one of the most influencial vocalists of the British Invasion. Whether he is crooning away in ballads like “Behind Blue Eyes” or letting out that infamous primal scream in “Who Are You,” Daltry has to be acknowledged as a pioneer of the rock front man.

7a. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) - Kurt was the voice of the grunge movement and an entire generation during his short career. While he was his usual outstanding self on their studio albums, he made a huge impact showing of his softer but still raw sound during the band’s Unplugged performance. It is impossible to imagine rock music today without the influence of Cobain.

6. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) - While Aerosmith is one of the best chameleon acts in rock, changing their tune every decade or so to stay current, Tyler is a constant. There is no need to fine tune his vocals, because his voice is tops in any generation. From the 70’s (”Walk This Way,”) the 80’s (”Love in an Elevator,”) to the 90’s (”Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”) Steven is always at the top of his game.

5. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) - We are focusing in on his work with Sabbath here and not his solo work. (You can’t really refer to yourself as a front man when you are a solo artist. Way too redundant.) The Wizard of Ozz brought a darkness, and frankly, an evilness to hard rock that had never been heard before. His menacing vocals on songs like “Ironman,” “Sweet Leaf,” and “War Pigs” created the blueprint for the metal vocalist. No offense to those that followed him, but Sabbath isn’t Sabbath without Ozzy.

4. Jim Morrison (The Doors) - There are many out there that would place Jim atop this list hands down, but I do feel that he had a few missteps musically that keep him out of the same league as the top three. At this point he is held in high esteem for his antics just as much as his ability. That said, there is no denying the uniqueness of his voice and power of his presentation. Check out some of his classic work on songs like “Light My Fire,” “The End,” and my personal favorite, “L.A. Woman.”

3. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Again, just like with most everyone on this list, his band would not be the same with someone else screeching out the vocals. Robert managed to show of his high-powered, shrill upper register while maintaining the blues roots that were so entwined with Zeppelin. One of his greatest qualities has to be his humility, as he never had a problem stepping aside and letting the genius of Jimmy Page or John Bonham shine. Not too many lead singers are confident enough to simply introduce their band mate and then step out of the spotlight.

2. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) - He is the most recognized face from the most recognized band in music today with a career that spans damn near a half century. Jagger’s greatness cannot be denied. If one were to pick out only one voice to identify with rock music over the years it would be impossible to not include Mick in the conversation. There is nowhere to even begin recommending his work, as it is all classics. He is only narrowly surpassed for the number one slot by this guy…

1. Freddie Mercury (Queen) - I have an immeasurable amount of repect for Mr. Mercury’s ability as a songwriter an vocalist. I do not believe that any vocalist past or present can match what Freddie could do on stage. His pure energy is amazing and his uniquely operatic style is unforgettable. If you have somehow managed to avoid hearing the greatness of Queen, by all means, go now and do so. No, seriously, go NOW. Read the rest of the column when you get back. It will seem much more monumental when backed by classics like “Killer Queen,” “Tie Your Mother Down,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” “We Are the Champions,” and the unbelievable “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/72890/Ask-411-Music-04.10.08-Back-With-a-Vengence.htm

Just thought I’d share a couple pictures I took of Stevie Ray Vaughan back in (I think) 1983. To me Stevie is the best guitarist the world has ever seen or heard. His death on August 27th 1990 was a HUGE loss to the music community.

With his first “official” album being Texas Flood released in 1984 that makes him eligible for the Rock-n-Roll Hoall Of Fame in 2008 His sound was like that of no other and virtually anyone that has tried to mimic it has failed and will continue to do so for years to come. It wasn’t only the thickness of his strings, guitar, pickups etc, that gave him the tone he produced. It’s first and foremost his soul.

The 2nd time I witnessed the genius was in 1981 at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, TX I sat right in front of him and he borrowed my Bic Lighter to use a slide. Wish I had the fore site of what he would come to mean to me. Today I’d have that lighter on display here at home. At this same show he got so lost in whatever song was being played that he had to be tapped on the shoulder by band mate Tommy Shannon and brought back into reality. Back then I don’t believe it was drugs that spaced him out, it was something else magical from within his soul.

The following was stolen from www.legacyrecordings.com/

With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the ’80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters and rock & roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as the stray jazz guitarist like Kenny Burrell, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist, regardless of genre. Vaughan bridged the gap between blues and rock like no other artist had since the late ’60s. For the next seven years, Stevie Ray was the leading light in American blues, consistently selling out concerts while his albums regularly went gold. His tragic death in 1990 only emphasized his influence in blues and American rock & roll.

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